won the Golden Horse actor, Tumen, an old opera bone from Inner Mongolia, had been acting as a licorice actor in obscurity. When
heard that he won the prize, many people have to ask: "Who is he?"
However, I believe anyone who has watched the "Old Beast" released on December 11 will applaud from the heart: Tumen, fierce ! Although
was headlined by the media as "Beat Huang Bo upset", the Golden Horse judges revealed the inside story: "There is no suspense, and the first round of voting will qualify." When
was screened at the FIRST Youth Film Festival that year, it was already predicted by the sharp eye: "Tumen want to get a movie king."
"Old Beast" was shortlisted for four Golden Horse Awards, and eventually took away "Best Actor" and "Best Original Screenplay". Responsibly speaking, the excitement of this movie is largely due to the performance of Tu's.
old beast, this name is good, and he is about to produce an old animal with a dim coat and a pierced shape, but his eyes are still full of undead desire.
is different from Feng Xiaogang's old Beijing gun. This old beast from the grassland is much more jerk and beastly. In addition to being poor, Lao Pao'er is loyal and able to bear the burden. He is simply an ideal kind father.
But the old beast is a trouble and a big trouble for the people around him.
in marriage, infidelity. His wife has been paralyzed for many years, and he has nowhere to vent his desires, so he has a second wife who is younger than his own daughter.
is unrighteous to children. His wife was suddenly ill and had an important operation. The children were rushing around in the hospital. He took a friend to a massage.
even took away the medical expenses collected by the children, which became the fuse behind being tied up by the children.
to friends, no letter. He had a friend who took a camel to see a doctor, gave the camel to the old beast, and asked him to look after him. As a result, the old beast turned around and sold the camel to the butcher, and let the family sell it as beef.
Even strangers, the old beast is also a bastard. He went to the ATM to withdraw money, and chatted with the strangers who lined up behind him. In order to retaliate against them, he jammed the mahjong tiles in the crack of the ATM outside the door.
Someone said that this story made me tremble all over when I saw it in the movie theater. It was so real, so real, and I really thought of the old beasts who were like bastards around me.
Because of this kind of stubbornness, but not able to live, so that everyone owes me, but can't reconcile with anyone old beasts, everywhere in our lives.
even accidentally, we become him when we grow old.
However, the hateful person must be pitiful. The same goes for the old beast
. Although he sold his friend’s camel, he still wanted to buy a cow for his friend as compensation-stealing his wife’s medical expenses for this purpose.
Although he has never brought his grandson, he loves his grandson very much.
took the camel as a treasure to show it to his grandson, but the grandson wanted Transformers, so Lao Yang sold the camel to buy Transformers.
Although he had a bad temper, he took his son and son-in-law who had tied him up to the detention center. But still softened, he ran to the court to withdraw the lawsuit.
On the day his son and son-in-law were released, he quietly went to the door of the detention center and watched the children and grandson who refused to call his grandfather leave.
From the conversations of the children, we can also guess that the older son's job was obtained by the old beast, and the younger daughter's house was also bought by the old beast. He is not that bastard, he used to have a wonderful time.
I like this scene very much: the gray city of
is full of unfinished houses. The old beast wore very expensive but very old leather jackets. Only by riding the electric bike out of the aura of the big betrayal, he betrayed the scenery before his downfall.
A city that was once glorious, but fell into disarray. A group of people who belong to the middle class and are trapped in their own bad things. The ending of
old beast is unexpected but reasonable.
"The truth of life is pain," said Zhou Ziyang, the director of "Old Beast".
The story of children kidnapping their father, from the director’s relatives, real people and real stories. At the beginning, the old beast playing mahjong also comes from the director's personal experience.
"I want to put the complexity and truth of human nature on Lao Yang (the old beast). I don’t want to simply comment on the right and wrong of a certain person. Good and evil are always relative. It doesn’t mean that you see what you see. What." Zhou Ziyang.
In this realistic "author's film", there are three surreal clips, which make me find it very interesting.
Crows, white horses and ghosts.
For one, the old beast took out a crow from the wall of the bathing center.
Second, a white horse appeared in the dream of the old beast.
Third, the old beast encountered a white ghost on the road.
In fact, these three surreal clips are all the inner projections of the old beast.
The crow is trapped and unable to struggle, and the white horse tendon is distinct and powerful, corresponding to the old beast's mood towards friends and lovers.
The white ghost is actually the equipment used by the locals in Ordos to catch pheasants on snowy days. In this paragraph, the two animals hurt each other.
"Based on surrealism based on realism, you will feel that surrealism is a deeper and more profound reality. For example, the scene where the bird is released seems to be in a certain dilemma, which may be deeper than people. But I design It’s not completely fantasy. It seems reasonable and unreasonable. For example, in the scene with a figure in a white robe on the side of the road, the last scene in this scene happened to be Lao Yang (the old beast) in the court after arguing with the child. Catch the pheasant It is also an animal hurting another animal, twisting and struggling. I want to use this kind of processing to convey the feelings of the characters. If that feeling is there, it will be fine." Zhou Ziyang. What is interesting about
is that despite the role of the old beast, many people have seen the shadows of the old beasts around him. However, the Tumen who play the old beast are, in real life, an old gentleman who is diametrically opposed to the old beast, humorous and peaceful.
Speaking of the behind-the-scenes story of finding Tumen to play the old beast, Zhou Ziyang still clearly remembers how he felt when he watched the movie "Farewell" played by Tumen-in
"Farewell", Tumen played a terminally ill father, among them In one scene, Tumen crawled forward with a pillow between his legs, making Zhou Ziyang completely believe that "he is a patient with terminal cancer."
"Farewell" stills, this film won the nomination for Best Actor in the 31st Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards.
So he sent the script to Tumen, and Tumen called two days later and said that he liked it very much.
Zhou Ziyang flew to Hulunbuir the next day to meet with Tus. Tus were willing to star in this movie with zero pay. The two discussed the script in the snowy night, drank a drink, and then when Tumen sent Zhou Ziyang to the airport, he said "give me your ID card", and immediately jumped in with Zhou Ziyang's credentials. !
Zhou Ziyang felt that "the right person is chosen!" because Lao Yang would not line up. From then on, Tumen had begun to figure out the psychology of the characters.
After "The Old Beast" was launched, on the set, Tumen never brought the script, because he had prepared the lines early and was so familiar with the script, he had this confidence.
"The actor should finish the role before shooting". Tumen said. When
played historical figures such as Genghis Khan, the Tus entered the role mainly based on desk work such as historical materials and biographies. However, for characters with realistic themes like the old beast, he opened the memory warehouse and entered the character through past observation and pondering, especially good at grasping details.
For example, in this scene, the old beast was with his lover. Although he gave the beef and the coat, the details are really touching-the old beast "made" a "light bracelet" for his lover with the sunlight outside the window , Amused her.
Another example is the highlight of this scene. Lao Yang clashed with two young men who were distributing flyers and was beaten up. Then he received a call from the hospital saying that his wife's surgery fee was paid and he could have surgery. The
script only wrote that Lao Yang smiled when he received a call from the hospital, but when filming, Tumen sitting on the side of the road threw away a box of cigarettes and then answered the phone. After answering the phone, he wiped it off and was beaten. The nosebleed came out, smiled, picked up the cigarette again, and finally clicked one and started smoking.
From throwing cigarettes, picking up cigarettes to smoking, a pack of cigarettes fully expresses Lao Yang's emotions from depression, anxiety to joy and relaxation, making Zhou Ziyang sitting in front of the monitor stare at him. At the beginning of
, there is also a scene of playing mahjong. Tumen himself does not know how to play mahjong, but he has observed people who play mahjong, so he gave them a state of silent and indifferent when playing mahjong. Brought to the old beast.
Tumen said that the process of figuring out the characters is very happy.
"People who are not in a normal relationship can try to figure out him. What do you figure out? Try to figure out his soul, figure out the depths of his heart, this will help the integrity of this character."
, like Tumen, Qualified to be called respectfully: a good actor.
